Sunil Gavaskar:
Sunil Gavaskar, a former captain of India, stated that beating the follow-on score would be the team’s primary goal.
India showed early promise against Australia on the second day of the World Test Championship final at The Oval in London after a lacklustre Day 1 as they consistently collected wickets. However, the Australian bowlers’ barrages were not countered by the top order of the Indian batting, as the Rohit Sharma-led squad reached 151/5 at stumps. India is still 318 runs behind Australia after their first innings score of 469 runs. Sunil Gavaskar, a former captain of India, stated that beating the follow-on score would be the team’s primary goal.
“What the Australians saw in 2001 during the legendary partnership between Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman.
I apologise for bringing it up again, Justin Langer. They played baseball for almost two days. Then, on the last day, India fought back and defeated Australia. and went on to triumph in the subsequent Test as well. Australia won’t likely consider doing a follow-up, in my opinion. Considering that India bats well if they do. India possess the capacity. They made some poor decisions. On Star Sports, Sunil Gavaskar observed, “They made some mistakes.
They were bowled as they were out shouldering some deliveries. They might be able to score some runs, just like in Eden Gardens. Ravindra Jadeja has the ability to work some magic on the final day when the game is on the line. India’s first goal thus would be to surpass that score of 269 and attempt to cut the deficit as much as they can.
India was 318 runs behind Australia at the end of the second day of the World Test Championship Final match against Australia when they reached 151 for 5. After starting with an overnight score of 327 for three at The Oval, the Australians were bowled out for 469 in their first inning.
After having trouble on the first day against century-makers Steve Smith and Travis Head, the Indian pacers fared well to contain Australia.
Before being removed for a respectable 121, Smith scored his 31st Test century, while Head went on to make a counterattacking 163.
The most productive Indian bowler was Mohammed Siraj, who finished with 4/108 in 28.3 overs, while Mohammed Shami and Shardul Thakur each took two wickets.
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